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JOSEPH J HERNANDEZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1946 – November 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph J Hernandez JR, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 11
- ALBERT MARTINEZ FIGUEROASpecialist Five · November 19, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY GREENECorporal · November 19, 1968
- PHILLIP ANDREW HILLPrivate First Class · November 19, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD JASPERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY CLAYTON MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 12
- WILLIE DEE MCVEAPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 12
- LEROY SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 13
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.